Love Supreme Jazz Festival launches new monthly music series

With the first names still be announced for the 2019 edition of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which runs from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 July, the festival's organisers have announced a new monthly live music platform under the banner, Supreme Standards. This follows the successful spinoff event, Love Supreme at the Roundhouse, which took place in May this year and saw jazz fans flock to the iconic live music venue for a whole day and night of live performances.

Seeking to extend the festival's distinctive forward-looking approach to programming throughout the year, the new monthly session at Ghost Notes, Peckham, kicks off on 31 January 2019 with groove-led quartet Ruby Rushton (pictured) plus rising-star trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Emma-Jean Thackray. Curated and run by DJ and journalist Tina Edwards, the live sessions will be accompanied by additional podcasts, DJ mixes and articles on the Supreme Standards website.

Love Supreme founder Ciro Romano commented on this new monthly series: "Following the overwhelmingly positive response to our festivals this year, it felt like a great time to broaden what we're offering. We're keen to support the continuing resurgence in the popularity of jazz, particularly amongst the younger demographic, and to engage with a wider, more diverse audience. Tina is an incredibly well-respected figure in this area and will do a great job of spearheading this new chapter in the Love Supreme story".